James holder



J. HOLDEN.

BARREL TRUCK.

(Model) No. 288,888. Patented Aug. 28. 1888.

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' UNITED JAMES HOLDEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BARREIL TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,888, dated August 28 1883. Application filed July 12, 1883. (Modch) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES HOLDEN, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrel-Trucks; and .I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in a device for supporting barrels and casks while the same are on tap, and for re moving the same and replacing by others without disturbing the. casks or barrels on each side.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the truck, by which a barrel or cask can be supported and moved, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a view of the truck, showing a barrel supported on the same. Two adjoining barrels are indicated in broken lines. Fig. 2 is a side view of the truck and barrel.

In the drawings, a is a platform provided with the wheels I) b,- but instead of a closed platform, a, it may consist of a square frame, to which the wheels I) b are secured, by means of axles, in any suitable manner, so that the platform or frame may be readily moved from place to place. On the frame or platform a the wheels 0 c are mounted on axles supported in the cheek-pieces d d,which are secured to the platform, or, when a frame is used, on the two sides of the frame. D is the cask or barrel supported on the wheels 0 c.

The operation of the device is as follows: The barrel is rolled from an ordinary skid onto. the wheels 0 c in such a position that the barrel is tipped forward, as is shown in Fig. 2. It can now be turned on the wheels 0 0, so that work, and as it is supported on the wheels I) b,

the air can circulate freely around the same.

The barrels may also be readily removed for cleaning and sweeping the floor-space, which in many places is an important advantage, as it prevents the accumulation of filth behind the support of the barrels, whichis liable to sour the atmosphere, allow fungus to grow in these places, and injure the building as well as the goods stored therein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A barrel-truck consisting of the frame or platform a, mounted on wheels, and the wheels 0 c, mounted on axles turning in bearings on the platform or frame, and arranged to support a cash or barrel and allow of the ready removal of the same, as described.

2. In a truck for supporting barrels, the combination, with the platform or, provided with the wheels I) b, of the wheelsc c, and their axles mounted in bearings 011 the platform, constructed to support the barrel and allow the same to be turned, as described.

JAMES HOLDEN. 

